No-one from Waterstones was on their Twitter account at that time of night, but half of London was still awake and soon after #WaterstonesTexan and #FreetheWaterstones1 were trending across the city. The police were notified and managed to let him out before midnight :D

Afterwards Waterstones tweeted “We’re pleased to announce that @DWill_ is a free man once more.” (x)

They’ve also compiled a reading list for their future locked-in clients

This is the best thing I’ve heard all day.

The compiling of the reading list for locked in clients is perhaps the best thing about this.